Atlanta has inadequate infrastructure that causes "rush hour traffic" on a tuesday drive on the highway at 2:00 pm. The city is not 21st century compatible if "value for time" is important.
I supported two offices in Smyrna and Buckhead for a few years and lived in Gwinnett initially and relocated to buckhead after. I-285 sucked both ways in Gwinnett, but in buckhead, i was going against traffic, which made a friday commute in the rain a 15 minute drive home in buckhead. The logistics are much worse now.
I did happen to be in SoCal when the pandemic started and got to enjoy their highways with little to no traffic. I think I was only in like 3 or 4 traffic jams the whole time, when Atlanta is a traffic jam mon-fri from 7am to 6pm'ish.
When visiting Portland, the commute south mon-fri was always backed up during rush hour times (just like the good ole days), going towards Salem. Inadequate infrastructure from the 20th century makes some cities worse I guess.
I supported two offices in Smyrna and Buckhead for a few years and lived in Gwinnett initially and relocated to buckhead after. I-285 sucked both ways in Gwinnett, but in buckhead, i was going against traffic, which made a friday commute in the rain a 15 minute drive home in buckhead. The logistics are much worse now.
I did happen to be in SoCal when the pandemic started and got to enjoy their highways with little to no traffic. I think I was only in like 3 or 4 traffic jams the whole time, when Atlanta is a traffic jam mon-fri from 7am to 6pm'ish.
When visiting Portland, the commute south mon-fri was always backed up during rush hour times (just like the good ole days), going towards Salem. Inadequate infrastructure from the 20th century makes some cities worse I guess.